Re: Spots on my Shots

2004-02-13 Thread Nenad Djurdjevic
PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, February 13, 2004 3:35 PM Subject: Spots on my Shots I have this day received my *istD back from CR Kennedy's(Australian Pentax-Sigma-Hasseblad dealer) after only 4 days( It had to be sent to Melbourne:the Boston Down Under)during which the camera

Re: Spots on my Shots

2004-02-08 Thread brooksdj
My *ist D has become a pain in the bum!I am continually having to clean the innards of it due to little black spots appearing all over the shots.I have placed a new focussing screen in it to no avail,checked and recked my lenses(and cleaned them)to no

Spots on My Shots

2004-02-08 Thread Chris
Hello Again,I succumbed and took the camera in to the Sydney Pentax dealer with a couple of 'photo's of my dust problem,and it seems at least one or two if not more are pixel problems.Not so bad after 4 months.So I must use film for a couple of weeks(sigh...) whilst they (hopefully)fix

Spots on my Shots

2004-02-07 Thread Chris
My *ist D has become a pain in the bum!I am continually having to clean the innards of it due to little black spots appearing all over the shots.I have placed a new focussing screen in it to no avail,checked and recked my lenses(and cleaned them)to no avail.My blower has collapsed from over use.Am

RE: Spots on my Shots

2004-02-07 Thread Len Paris
Perhaps you fiddle with it too much. If you are over-conscious of a couple of pieces of dust, fiddling with the camera will only introduce more dust, and it looks, from your description of your actions, that you have been doing a lot of fiddling. Len * There's no place like 127.0.0.1 My

Re: Spots on my Shots

2004-02-07 Thread William Robb
- Original Message - From: Chris Subject: Spots on my Shots My *ist D has become a pain in the bum!I am continually having to clean the innards of it due to little black spots appearing all over the shots.I have placed a new focussing screen in it to no avail,checked and recked my

Re: Spots on my Shots

2004-02-07 Thread Steve Desjardins
[EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] 02/07/04 10:15AM - Original Message - From: Chris Subject: Spots on my Shots My *ist D has become a pain in the bum!I am continually having to clean the innards of it due to little black spots appearing all over the shots.I have placed a new

Re: Spots on my Shots

2004-02-07 Thread William Robb
- Original Message - From: Bruce Dayton Subject: Re: Spots on my Shots What kind of lenses do you use? How often do you change them. I haven't adjusted my technique for the new camera, which may be contributing to the mess my sensor is in. I routinely forget to turn the camera off

Re: Spots on my Shots

2004-02-07 Thread Cotty
On 7/2/04, [EMAIL PROTECTED] disgorged: There have been DSLRs around for a while now, just not Pentax. How in genral has the dust on the sesnosr pro=blem progressed for these Older DSLRs? (if anyone knows.) I generally don't notice it - though I do clean about once every month or so. It's

Re: Spots on my Shots

2004-02-07 Thread Rob Studdert
On 7 Feb 2004 at 11:57, William Robb wrote: I haven't adjusted my technique for the new camera, which may be contributing to the mess my sensor is in. I routinely forget to turn the camera off before dismounting the lens, almost always have the lens pointing up when I remove it, and rarely

Spots on my Shots

2004-02-07 Thread Chris
Thanks Leon,and others.I don't want to get rid of the *istD,or find out about dust prevention.Just want to know the best method of removing recalcitrant spots that are difficult to remove from the sensor. Regards Cgris Take it Easy,But Take It!

Re: Spots on my Shots

2004-02-07 Thread Rfsindg
William Robb writes: and rarely keep the camera in a gadget bag, choosing instead to leave it on a desk in the room beside where I am sanding drywall plaster. NOOO, NO, NO, NO!!! The drywall dust gets everywhere. Lock up the camera gear in a baggie, at least. Regards, Bob S.

Re: Spots on my Shots

2004-02-07 Thread Albert F.
Leon, Have you ever heard of Speckgrabber from Kinetronics? It's a little plastic stick with an adhesive tip that lifts dust from mirrors, screens, CCD's and other surfaces without leaving a mark or residue. Give it a try. Using blower bulb is the worst thing you can do, I tried removing specks

RE: Spots on my Shots

2004-02-07 Thread Cesar Matamoros II
-- -Original Message- -- From: William Robb [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] -- Sent: Saturday, February 07, 2004 10:16 AM -- -- - Original Message - -- From: Chris -- Subject: Spots on my Shots -- -- -- My *ist D has become a pain in the bum!I am continually -- having to clean